HYDE — The Clearfield American Legion baseball team managed only five hits off two DuBois pitchers and went down to a 6-1 defeat at the Bison Sports Complex Monday evening in just its second Jefferson County League game of the season.
Eli Glass and Hayden Williams matched singles and doubles for the John Lewis Shade Post 6 Chiefs, who are 1-1 in the JCL and 4-3 overall.
Glass scored their run on a balk by Eric Schneider after pounding a double to deep center and advancing to third on a groundout.
Schneider gave up three hits in two innings of relief work.
Winning hurler Dillon McCluskey blanked the Chiefs on two singles through five innings with four strikeouts.
Schneider belted a home run to left field in the third inning off starter and loser Cade Walker to give DuBois (2-1) a 2-0 lead.
One of Walker’s three walks turned into a first-inning run because of two Clearfield misplays. He struck out five and surrendered four hits in a four-inning stint.
Another pair of errors made three of the four runs off reliever Hunter Dixon in the fifth inning unearned, too.
Jordan Frano and Alex Pasternak delivered RBI singles around a run-scoring groundout by Anthony Kness after Mitch Ferra once again drew a walk and circled the sacks on errors.
Pasternak had two hits while Garrett Prosper doubled twice for the visitors.
Clearfield will go to Punxsutawney Thursday for a 6 p.m. doubleheader against the Punxsutawney/Brookville combo.
A non-league game with Mifflin County that had been booked for Wednesday has been called off and probably won’t be reschedule, according to Chiefs manager Sid Lansberry.
DUBOIS — 6
Mitch Ferra cf 2200, Eric Schneider ss-p 4211, Dillon McCluskey p-ss 4000, Jordan Frano c 3111, Garrett Prosper 1b-eh 4120, Anthony Kness 2b 3001, Alex Pasternak eh-1b 2021, Justin Swauger 3b 0000, Gage Gulvas ph-3b 2000, Chase Husted lf 1010, Jeremy Krise ph-lf 2010, Heath Means rf 1000, Zack Shilala rf 2000. TOTALS: 30 6 8 4.
CLEARFIELD — 1
Hunter Dixon rf-p 0000, Reese Wilson dh 4000, Nate Barr ss-p 3000, Eli Glass lf-ss 3120, Seth Bumbarger 1b 3000, Allan Myers c 3010, Harrison Peacock 3b 3000, Hayden Williams 2b 3020, Alec Graham cf 3000, Cade Walker p-rf-lf 3000. TOTALS: 28 1 5 0.
Score by Innings
DuBois         101 040 0 – 6 8 2
Clearfield     000 001 0 – 1 5 5
E – Schneider, Kness; Dixon 2, Barr 2, Walker. PB – Frano 3. DP – Clearfield 1 (Glass, Williams and Bumbarger). LOB – DuBois 8; Clearfield 6. 2B – Frano 2; Glass, Williams. HR – Schneider.
Pitching
DuBois – McCluskey 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K; Schneider 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K.
Clearfield – Walker 4 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K; Dixon 2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K; Barr 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K.
WP – McCluskey 1.
W – McCluskey. L – Walker (0-1).
Umpires – Mike Campbell (plate) and Justin Skibo (bases).
